Basket foot



May 4 1926. 1,583,501

F. M. SNYDER BASKET FOOT I Filed April 8, 1925 INVENTOR. Fldli/(M.Jfljdl} A TTORNEYQ' Patented May 4, 1926 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK M. SNYDER, OF LA FAYETTE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO PEERLESS WIRE. GOODS COMPANY, OF LA FAYETTE, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

BASKET FOOT.

Application filed April 8, 1925. 7 Serial- No. 21,479.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, FRANK M. SNYDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at La Fayette, in the county of Tippecanoe and 6 State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Basket Foot, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in foot members for mesh wire baskets and is I particularly adapted for use on the wire mesh baskets of the larger type which are capable of carrying comparatively heavy loads and are intended more particularly to be slid over the floors.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a foot member which, when secured in position to the bottom of the basket will permit the basket to be readily slid over the floor without damage to the floor.

For the purpose of disclosing myinvention I have illustrated one embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawingsin which,

Fig. 1 is a perspective of a wire basket having a plurality of foot members attached thereto; 7

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of one corner of a basket showing more particularly the foot member and the manner of attachment;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of so much of abasket as is necessary for the purpose of illustrating the foot member, and

Fig. l is a sectional view on the line tt of Fig. 2.

In the embodiment of the invention the basket 1 is preferably provided with foot members2 each of which is of the construction shown more particularly in Figs. 2 to 4. Each of the members 2 preferably comprises 49 a bottom plate 3 preferably rectangular in form and sufiiciently wide to bear upon a plurality of the wire strands e in both directions. In the particular structure illustratedthe foot plate 3 is preferably sufli-v ciently wide in both directions to bear upon at least three strands. The center of the plate is preferably struck up to form a semispherical dome 5 which, however, is preferably flattened as at 6 at its top and perforated as at 7. 1

The plate member 3-is secured in position on the under side of the bottom of the basket by means of a clamping plate 8' which has a clown-turned flange cut away at the points 9 and 10 to accommodate the wire meshes and thereby form a plurality offingers 11 which are turned in over theplate 3, thereby securely clamping the plate in position.

The opening 7 provides an escape for any moisture or water which may drain into the cup during the washing of the basket and.

arranged to be mounted on the under face of the bottom of the basket and a clamping plate for said bottom plate comprising a plate arranged'to be mounted on. the opposite face. of the bottom of the basket and provided with an annular lip arranged to engage over thebottom plate, said lip being cut away at predetermined points to accommodate the wire meshes of the basket.

In witness whereof, I FRANK M. SNYDER have hereunto set my hand at La Fayette, Indiana, this third day of April, A. D. one

thousand nine hundred and twenty-five.

' FRANK M. SNYDER. 

